Conveying and feeding mechanism.



W. L. MONTGOMERY; CONVEYING AND FEEDING MECHANISM.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 19, 1911:

1,028,766. Patented June 4,1912.

. Bfwentor W witnesses nnrr" s'ras WALTER L. MONTGOMERY, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

convnyme AND rnnnme MECHANISM.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June a, 1912.

Application filed July 19, 1911. Serial No. 639,331.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, \Vnurnn L. Mox'rconcur, a citizen of the United States. re-

siding at Chicago, in the county of foolr and State of Illinois, have invented'certain new and useful Improvements in Conveying and Feeding Mechanism; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and

exact description of the invention, such as I belt conveyer adapted to convey unsealed cartons and with means adjacent the conveyer belt for turning the cartons onefourth of a revolution.

A. further object of the invention is to rovide a reciprocating plunger mechanism adapted to discharge one carton at a time from the conveyer mechanism onto a sealing mechanism.

I With these and other objects in view the invention comprises certain novel constructions, combinations and arrangements of parts as will be hereinafter more fully described and claimed.

In the drawings the figure is a. top plan View of the device showing'a fragment of a rotating table to represent atop sealing device and a fragment of the conveyer supporting mechanism.

Like characters of reference indicate corresponding parts throughout the several views.

A belt conveyer 10 is mounted in any usual well known manner, as passing over the roller 11 mounted upon a base 12'. The

belt conveyer in the specific embodiment of the present invention is-intended to receive filled ca'rtons'from a carton filling machine and to convey and feed such cartons to a top sealing machine. As the'cartons are received from the filling machine they are not properly positioned to be operated upon properly by the top sealing machine? That is, the top flaps are not properly positionedto be correctly folded down by the mecha;-: nism of the folding machine but aquarter carton in position to be acted upon properly by the top sealing machine. For the purpose of turning such carton, a finger 13 is secured to the base 12 and project'sover the conreyer belt 10. The finger is also provided with a nose 1% and the initial shoulder 15. As the carton A moves in the direction indicated by the arrows, it first engages the finger 13 and the advancing movement of the belt causes the carton to turn about the initial shoulder 15 and to engage the nose 14. The engaging of the shoulder 15 being turn of such carton is required to place such removed from the middle of thebelt pro duces a'leverage upon one side of the caries.

which causes it to swing,.while the position of the nose extending substantially half way over the belt causes the carton to turn a complete quarter revolution.

At the sides of the belt 10 guides 16 and 17 are erected, the latter having its end, as 18, bowed outwardly, to replace. the carton upon the belt if such carton is left partially extended over one side of such belt.

The cartons being properly turned by the finger l3 and moved onward by the belt 10, are dischargednpon the ledge 19 of the feeding mechanism, the several cartons being piled one against the other asthey are fed .up by the belt, nism comprises a plunger 20 of such proportion as to engage against-a single one of the cartons, as indicated in dotted lines, and to move such single carton in the direction indicated by the arrow into engagement, with the topsealing machine which is in-- dicated conventionally at '21. The plunger 20 is mounted to reciprocate by being disposed between guide and 23 upon the opposite side and having bearing cars 24 slidably-engaged upon the rods 22 and similar ears 25 slidably en-' A it-man rod gaged upon the. rods 23.

any ap- 26 is provided connected wit proved source of power which moves in timed relation to the top sealing machine 21 so that the cartons are discharged from the ledge 19 upon such top sealing machine in proper timed relation. It will be apparent.-

bars 22 uponone side The feeding mechathen that cartons deposited uponthe belt 10 from any approved source, as the filling 'machine, will be advanced into engagement with the finger 13 and there receiveja quartcr turn and be further advanced to. and discharged upon theledge 19 to be engaged end defining an initial shoulder against belt an ular thereto and adja'cen which an article placed upon said movable member is adapted to strike, and a shoulder portion adapted to enga e said article after the same has been partia 1y turned for completi'ng the turning ovement thereof, and

means arranged ad a cent said movable'memer forreplacmg said artlcle on sa1d mow able member. y

2. The combination with a" movable belt, of a fin .tia-lly half er secured rigidly, at one side of the.

extending substantially perpendict the center of said.

\belt, and an inclined guide" located at one side of said, belt spacedfrom said finger.

3. The combination with a traveling belt, of a finger rigidly secured at o'ne side of the belt and extending substantially perpendicular thereto, said finger extending substan- Way across the belt and With a shoulder at one side of "the finger spaced from the extremity.

4. The combination with a traveling belt,

of a finger rigidly secured at one side of the belt and-extending over the same, said finger comprising a shoulder stopping short of thecenter line of said belt and'with an extremity extended beyond said shoulder In; testimony whereof I 'aflix my signature in presence of two Witnesses.

WALTER MONTGOMERY.

W'itnesses:

JAY D. MILLER, ALBERT G. HUBBARD.

substantially to the center line of said belt; 

